Rev. Fulton Boswell

Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday April 22, 2009 at Montgomery Memorial Baptist Church for Rev. Fulton Boswell, 89, of Gainesville. Rev. Jeff Thompson, Rev. Billy Emmett and Rev. David Matthews officiating. Burial will be in Alta Vista Cemetery. Rev. Boswell will Lie in State 1:30- 2:00 pm at the Church. The family will receive friends 1 pm- 4 pm & 6pm - 9pm Tuesday at the Funeral Home. Rev. Boswell passed away Sunday April 19, 2009 . He was the son of Sherman E. and Ruth Norris Boswell. He was born in Jackson County and lived most of his life in Hall County. He served in the U.S Army during WWII. He was a member of Gainesville Masonic Lodge # 219 F & AM. Rev. Boswell had pastored Morganton Baptist Church in Morganton, Ga. , Poplar Springs Baptist Church for 19 1/2 years , Auburn First Baptist Church, Auburn, Ga. , Center Grove Baptist Church , Jackson County, Montgomery Memorial Baptist Church for 14 years, and for a longtime he had been active in the Chattahoochee Baptist Association. He was preceded in death by his wife Ferrell Vaughan Boswell and a Grandson David Boswell. Area Ministers are invited to meet at the church at 1:30 on Wednesday and serve as Honorary Pallbearers. Survivors include Son, Rev. Larry Boswell, Temple, Ga. , Daughter & Son-in-Law, Lynn & Thom Chapman, St. Simons Island, Ga. Brother, Cecil Boswell, Gainesville. Grand Daughters & Husbands, Maria Kennedy & Brendan Kennedy, Seattle, Washington , Anna & Kevin Valent, Jacksonville, Fl. Great Grand Daughter, Riley Elizabeth Valent. Wards Funeral Home 758 Main Street Gainesville in charge.